Sefton Plaza shopping centre stabbing victim attacked by own family because of boyfriend’s faith, court told

(ABC-Australia) Police have told a court a 21-year-old Adelaide woman was ambushed and stabbed by members of her own family because she was dating someone outside her faith.

Five people — three men and two women — have now been charged with attempted murder and unlawful detention over the alleged attack, which took place in a car park at the Sefton Plaza shopping centre on Main North Road on Tuesday morning.

Witnesses reported the woman had been stabbed and forced into a Holden Cruze by a group of people.

Police then attended a home in nearby Blair Athol where they found the victim with serious stab wounds.

She was taken to the Royal Adelaide Hospital.

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